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YOUYUE 858D+ hotair station — reverse engineering #1

Posted on November 25, 2013 by robert

The YOUYUE 858D+ I have in my possession uses an AVR ATmega8 microcontroller to control the fan-speed, drive a 7-segment display, read 2 buttons and drive the TRIAC via an opto-isolator.

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YOUYUE 858D+ hotair station — usage & quirks

Posted on November 24, 2013 by robert

In a previous post I had taken a look at the innards of said soldering station. Now it is time to see if it is usable. I tested it in several ways…

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